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Essay Instructions: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Write a critical essay about the movie using the rubrics below. If you use any outside sources, which are not a
requirement, you MUST use APA style for citations and references (bibliography). Any information from
another source that goes uncited is considered plagiarism.

An important part of film critique and what holds the audience to the film has to do with
“suspended disbelief.” Consider a films like the Batman series. We know that Batman is
really Bruce Wayne, and he has none of what comics call “super powers,” but he is still
infallible. His car turns into a rocket, his suit deflects most bullets. Another example: The
television show, CSI Miami, we accept that forensic detectives cut apart bodies, work in
their labs complete with colored lighting and music that ‘rocks,’ which is very unlikely in
most precincts. Yet we like believing these things are possible. When you watch a movie,
is the director successful in creating suspended disbelief? Were effects overstated? Were they
tiresome, were they ridiculous or was that the point. Will Farrell, for example, is ridiculous
and plays on your disbelief in another way.

FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING FILM (http://www.frankwbaker.com/filmframework.htm)

Questions to consider while introducing, studying and analyzing film:
1. Who is telling the story? Why is it being told? Does it appear to have a purpose?
(media agencies, authorial voice, writers and 'auteurs', marketing, economics, ideology)
2. How is it experienced? Who 'consumes' it, where and in what way?
(readers and media audiences- private and public experience, narrative structures)
3. How is it made?
(film technology, publishing and episodic publishing-the differences they make to the
production process as well as to the finished product)
4. How does it construct meaning?
(film language and written language-expectations of audiences and readers, codes and
conventions, narrative structures)
5. How does it represent its subject- especially with reference to period?
(representation, use of stereotypes, representation of the past)



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Essay Instructions: "Write a well thought out paper with a clear thesis, a strong discussion and support. You are to use at least two Harry Potter novels and two outside sources. There is a list of resources in the back of the syllabus to assist you in beginning your research. One of your sources must be annotated. Feel free to use the CRAAP criteria used in your art history course. Your annotation should be 4-5 sentences in length.?"

*I think the Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows novel has a lot of Christian relations esp about life, death, and resurrection.

*A really strong and clear thesis

*Please also include frequent in text citations

*List of outside sources:

- Killinger, John. God, the Devil, and Harry Potter: A Christian Minister’s Defense of the Beloved Novels.
- Neal, Connie. The Gospel According to Harry Potter: Spirituality in the Stories of the World’s Most Famous Seeker.
- Neal, Connie. What’s a Christian to Do with Harry Potter?
- Petre, jonathan. J.K. Rowling: Christianity Inspired harry Potter
- Wohlberg, Steve. Hour of the Witch: Harry Potter, Wicca, Witchcraft and the Bible.

Essay Instructions: A research paper analyzing harry potter as the main character in the "Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone. Four to Five sources can be used

New Time Roman (12)

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Durim Mustafa (My Name)

Please E-mail it to me at DurimMustafa@hotmail.com

Essay Instructions: the use of music in the Harry Potter film The Philosopher's Stone by John Williams. Describe the film's scoring, everything on its theme, leitmotif, compositional style, etc. What instruments are used? Describe the rhythm and melody, the tempo and dynamics.